OLAF to probe Lithuanian TV show's compliance with EU financial rules

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Tuesday, May 8, 2018

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The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) will launch an investigation into whether Lithuanian public institution Pirmoji Kava and production company TV Play did not breach EU financial rules, making contracts on the TV show The Lithuanian Children of the Millennium, the institution said in a letter to Ramūnas Karbauskis, leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union.

TV show The Lithuanian Children of the Millennium

BNS Lithuania on Tuesday received a copy of the letter from Karbauskis' spokeswoman Dalia Venceviciene. She said some parts of the document were blurred for personal information protection purposes.

Karbauskis turned to OLAF regarding suspected non-transparent use of EU funds for the TV show in late February, in response to media reports that Pirmoji Kava allegedly receives EU funding for the TV show via the Lithuanian National Radio and television (LRT), calls tenders which are eventually won by a sole participant, TV Play.